The Río de la Plata (River Plate) is a river estuary in Argentina and Uruguay.

Río de la Plata also may refer to:

Political entities

  • United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, a country in South America that existed between 1810 and 1831
  • Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, an administrative district within the Spanish Empire
  • Governorate of the Río de la Plata, an administrative district preceding the viceroyalty

Geography and geology

  • Río de la Plata Basin, the hydrographical area that covers parts of Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay
  • Río de la Plata craton, one of the five cratons (ancient nuclei) of the South American continent
  • Río de la Plata (Puerto Rico), a river in Puerto Rico
  • La Plata River (San Juan River), in the United States

Ships

  • Rio de la Plata, a commercial C3-P&C cargo/passenger liner hull converted into the United States Navy escort carrier
  • , a container ship built in 2008
  • , a Spanish Navy protected cruiser in commission from 1899 to 1931

Other

  • Río de la Plata Bank, a building by Antonio Palacios in Madrid, Spain

See also

  • River Plate (disambiguation)
  • Platte River